212 Chapter 12 Camera and Multimedia
•Quality. Select the image quality level for captured photos.
•Capture Format (Video, MMS Video, and Video Share modes). Select the file format for recorded videos.
•Time Stamp (Photo mode). Include the date and time on captured photos.
•Storage. Select where to save photos and videos. You can either save the files to the main memory, or to a storage card if available.
•Keep Backlight. Turn the backlight on or off. This overrides your device backlight settings while you are using the camera.
•Shutter Sound. Play a shutter sound when you tap the Virtual Camera button.
•Image Properties. Adjust the Contrast, Saturation, and Sharpness before capturing.
•Effect. Apply a special effect to your photos or videos.
•Metering Mode. Select a metering mode to allow the camera to measure the amount of light and calculate the
•Prefix. The file name of a newly captured photo or video is set to “IMAGE” or “VIDEO” followed by a sequential number, for example: IMAGE_001.jpg. You can also choose the current date or date and time as the file name prefix.
Note You can not change the file name prefix when saving captured photos to a storage card. Captured photos are named using the convention IMAGnnnn.jpg (where ‘nnnn’ is the counter), and are saved to the \DCIM\100MEDIA folder on the storage card.
•Counter. Reset the file naming counter back to 1.
